- Title
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“It is impossible, if no more than one opinion is uttered, to make choice of the best: a man is forced then to follow whatever advice may have been given him; but if opposite speeches are delivered, then choice can be exercised. In like manner pure gold is not recognized by itself; but when we test it along with baser ore, we perceive which is the better.” – Herodotus on freedom of discussion. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
- Artist
- Date
- 1950
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 18 5⁄8 x 14 in. (47.2 x 35.6 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print and gouache on paper and gouache on paperboard
- Keywords
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- Portrait male – Herodotus
- Figure male – fragment – face
- Occupation – education – historian
- Literature – Herodotus
- Object Number
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1984.124.241
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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